#B4E2CA

sRGB: 180 / 226 / 202

#B4E2CA belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 180 red, 226 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 148.7° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 44.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.67:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 180, 226, 202
HSL: 148.70°, 44.23%, 79.61%
HSV / HSB: 148.70°, 20.35%, 88.63%
CMYK (approx.): 20.35%, 0.00%, 10.62%, 11.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.677, 68.359, 66.088
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.186, -19.606, 6.858
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68360
24-bit decimal: 11854538

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #B4E2CA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.67:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.43:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#E2B4CC sits half a turn (180°) from #B4E2CA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#B4E2CA #E2B4CC

Analogous

#B5E2B4 and #B4E2E1 sit 30° to either side of #B4E2CA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B5E2B4 #B4E2CA #B4E2E1

Triadic

#B4E2CA, #CAB4E2 and #E2CAB4 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#B4E2CA #CAB4E2 #E2CAB4

Split complementary

Start at #B4E2CA and look across the wheel. #E1B4E2 and #E2B4B5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#B4E2CA #E1B4E2 #E2B4B5

Square

Starting with #B4E2CA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B4B5E2, #E2B4CC, then #E2E1B4. Across the square, #B4E2CA pairs with #E2B4CC, and #B4B5E2 with #E2E1B4.

#B4E2CA #B4B5E2 #E2B4CC #E2E1B4

Tetradic

#B4E2CA and #E2B4CC are opposites, as are #B4CCE2 and #E2CAB4. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#B4E2CA #B4CCE2 #E2B4CC #E2CAB4

Tints

Mixing #B4E2CA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C3E8D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F0F9F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#B4E2CA #C3E8D5 #D2EEDF #E1F3EA #F0F9F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #B4E2CA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #90B5A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #242D28, the mixture is 80% black.

#B4E2CA #90B5A2 #6C8879 #485A51 #242D28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #B4E2CA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AACEBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #8A948F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#B4E2CA #AACEBB #9FBBAC #95A79E #8A948F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#B4E2CA

RGB

rgb(180 226 202)

HSL

hsl(148.696 44.231% 79.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #B4E2CA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#B4E2CA uses 180 red, 226 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 70.6%

Green 88.6%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #B4E2CA is 20.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 10.6% yellow and 11.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 10.6%

Black 11.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #B4E2CA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBDDCC Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#B4E2CA #BCDACA #C3D3CB #CBCBCB #D3C3CB #DABCCC #E2B4CC

Color vision previews

Compare how #B4E2CA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E0DBC9

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D8D5CB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#ABE2DB

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D2DDCA

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CEDACB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B4E1D0

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D8D8D8

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C7DDD1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.45641 G 0.76052 B 0.59062

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74217 G 0.88105 B 0.79811

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51040 G 0.75043 B 0.60063

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.297 y 0.358 Y 68.359

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 29.412 M % 11.373 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10110100 11100010 11001010